It is important to monitor drug therapy because the effects of a particular drug regimen can vary significantly between individuals. Wherever possible, therapeutic effect should be monitored using a clinical endpoint (i.e. a measure that directly reflects how the patient feels, functions or survives).
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Detecting a signal in the noise : Monitoring the global spread of novel psychoactive substances using media and other open source information [PDF]
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no ...
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Evaluation of acellular pertussis vaccine: comparisons among different strains of mice
The current study was designed to comparatively analyse the reactions of different mouse strains in response to acellular pertussis (aP) vaccine, with attempt to further provide a reference for aP vaccine evaluation.
Jie Wei+8 more
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Novel psychoactive substance use by mental health service consumers: an online survey of inpatient health professionals’ views and experiences [PDF]
Purpose: There is evidence that novel psychoactive substances (NPS) are commonly used by people with severe mental illness. The aim of the study was to undertake a scoping survey to explore inpatient mental health workers' perceptions of NPS use by ...
Clinical Guidelines on Drug Misuse and Dependence Update 2017 Independent Expert Working Group+4 more
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Community sewage sensors towards evaluation of drug use trends: detection of cocaine in wastewater with DNA-directed immobilization aptamer sensors [PDF]
Illicit drug use has a global concern and effective monitoring and interventions are highly required to combat drug abuse. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is an innovative and cost-effective approach to evaluate community-wide drug use trends ...
Castrignanò, Erika+4 more
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Our experience of monitoring of drugs safety in gerontological practice
The analysis of work on identification and registration of complications of medicinal therapy in medical institutions of the Irkutsk region showed that the frequency of undesirable medicinal reactions at inpatients is more senior than 60 years makes from
N. V. Verlan+2 more
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Illicit substance use among university students from seven European countries: A comparison of personal and perceived peer use and attitudes towards illicit substance use [PDF]
Objective: To compare European students' personal use and approval of illicit substance use with their perceptions of peer behaviours and attitudes, and investigate whether perceptions of peer norms are associated with personal use of illicit substances ...
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Background: The World health organization (WHO) recently recommended standardized all-oral shorter regimens for rifampicin resistant Tuberculosis (RR-TB).
Thi Mai Phuong Nguyen+8 more
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Identifying and preventing health problems among young drug-misusing offenders [PDF]
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the health problems and treatment needs of drug-misusing offenders and to draw out the implications of the findings for health education and prevention.
Judith Aldridge+2 more
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Herein, the effect of silymarin pretreatment on the pharmacokinetics of simvastatin in rats was evaluated. To ensure the accuracy of the results, a rapid and sensitive UPLC−MS/MS method was established for simultaneous quantification of simvastatin
Ying Li+5 more
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